BHARAT

Original name of India is BHARAT.

Let us discuss first how this place was named India.

The prime river of Indian sub-continent was Sindh. So the nearest country of India, Afghanistan used to call the area around and beyond Sindh; Sindh. As the pronounce S as H, Sindh became Hindh later Hind. This was changed to India by British.

Analysis of name BHARAT:

MITH:

We all know the storey of King Dushyant and his wife Shakuntala (To whom he married by *Gandharv Vivah System) their brave son BHARAT. As per mith the name BHARAT of sub-continent is on given due to him.

MAX MULLER (6 December 1823 – 28 October 1900), (British national of

German origin, scholar of Sanskrit language and Indian culture):

According to him:

BHARAT  =  BHA (Light) + RATI (Intercourse). Where people indulge in intercourse in light (Day time)

       ACTUAL INTERPETATION (As per Indian Thinkers):

BHARAT  =  BHA (Light/knowledge) + RATI (Intercourse), Where people do not accept the knowledge even without Intercourse (Interaction or thinking)

* Gandharv Vivah :    one of the nine system systems of marriage

approved in Sanatan Dharm Culture. In this two persons (of opposite sex) can marry placing Sun

or Moon as evidence.